On this day in 1970

[Baz]

Originally Posted by Superman

Understood. Of the two of them, it was John who produced a solo song for the ages. Imagine. And he also wrote In My Life which had been by songwriters to be the finest of the 20th Century. I've studied their songwriting and I'd say Paul was the Bach while John was the Mozart.

All that said, the John/Paul songwriting team laid up a library that surpasses all others of the modern era. By a wide margin. Regardless of what measure is used. Billboard. Sales. Elevators.

Steely Dan's interpretation of Lennon's "Imagine" was that of hypocrisy.....

[Baz]

Originally Posted by LWJ

Hey Supe,

It's an opinion. I am a BIG Beatles fan. I change the channel when Wings / Paul come on the radio.

Wings really made me an anti-fan.

It's perfectly fine to have a different opinion.

For example - I think McCartney's post-Beatles work is nothing short of amazing.

ESPECIALLY with Wings.

In part because of Linda's contributions.

But those first two McCartney solo albums......pure genius!

[billybek]

Originally Posted by LWJ

And after? ............ and poor Ringo…

"Ringo Starr is one of the world's most well known and influential musicians' whose net worth is estimated to be around $350 million."

Yep... I wouldn't mind being poor like Ringo...

The Paul/John argument is a lot like Ford/Chevy discussions. Kind of pointless.

They made some good music together and then it was over. I did enjoy the Get Back series on Netflix or Disney was quite good. Ringo was the only guy that seemed to show up to work everyday.

[jcommin]

Originally Posted by LWJ

Hey Supe,

It's an opinion. I am a BIG Beatles fan. I change the channel when Wings / Paul come on the radio.

Wings really made me an anti-fan.

Big Beatle fan as well. Never cared for Wings either

[450knotOffice]

And I'm with the crowd that has never been a fan - at all - of the Beatles, especially their later stuff, and yet have always enjoyed Paul McCartney's post-Beatles music.

Point being, when it comes to music, it really just comes down to personal preference.

[pwd72s]

Steely Dan had a point...